I am suprised that no pick has been announced for CIA. I think Biden is going to keep Haspel on for some period of time. Progressives are going to lose their minds. |
I am not a progressive and I’d be furious. She oversaw torture. I don’t care that shes a woman, has changed her position on EIT, or is qualified. There has got to be someone else. |
You are either the torturer or tortured. |
That is not how it works. And the Senate investigation found that the tactics did not work. Its disgusting. There should be no torturers in the cabinet. |
+1 DH is an ex-spook (like half of you), and he is appalled at Haspel. Torturing didn’t do anything, and even if it did, we’re trying to be better than that. |
She has piloted the Agency through what could have been a very rough time under Trump. I wouldn't put it past him to fire her in the last 30 days just to wreak havoc. |
Says someone who never served in the sand box. |
You have no idea what the current state of the CIA is and whether it has survived her and Pompeo intact. |
Do you? |
Announced today
Commerce: Rhode Island governor Gina Raimando Labor: Boston Mayor Marty Walsh SBA: Isabel Guzman, Director of California’s Office of the Small Business Advocate DepSec Commerce: Don Graves who handled Detroit’s emergence from bankruptcy |
William Burns named as CIA Director - will not be a Cabinet level position.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/11/us/politics/cia-biden-burns.html?action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage Seems like a kind of out there choice as a career State Department official. He has an impressive resume, but again, the fit is a little weird. I have to say, if, as the NY Times story says, the first priority is non-politicization of intelligence I think they are missing the forest for the trees. The problem is/was not within, it was without. A focus on that is just going to frustrate people are create distrust. |
^^I do very much like that it's a non-political choice instead of a Democratic Senator, etc. |
It send a clear message to Putin. Well done! |